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Friday, March 23, 2007

UFO mystery has an earthly explanation

Notice anything about the childrens names??

THE mystery surrounding the UFO which terrified a Hertford family appears tohave been solved.

Maxine Abbess, 44, feared her family would be "wiped out" when a strangedark cylindrical object plummeted towards her home in Pages Lane on the SeleFarm estate last week.

The bizarre phenomenon baffled several witnesses in the county town, as theMercury reported.

But it looks like there was nothing to fear - apart from being hit by a verylarge, wobbly, black balloon.

We were contacted by Jani Melender, a spokeswoman for Above Top SecretAliens and UFOs forum, the biggest UFO watch on the internet.

She said: "We took notice of your story and from the description of the UFOwe immediately came to a conclusion that this was nothing else than thelatest gadget fad - a large, black balloon named Solar Airship, which is onsale in the UK right now.

"The balloon is filled with hot air, not helium as one might think, and thatmakes it susceptible to rapid rises and drops in altitude.

"It's also very large, which would explain the fear of the family."

She added: "Above Top Secret is a cluster of experts and we've more or lesscome to the conclusion that this was nothing else than a balloon."

When Maxine saw the shape, she was with husband, Paul, 41, the head chef ofBraughing's Axe and Compasses pub, their eldest son Sam, 18, and other sons,Aston, 11, Ayrton, 10, and Jenson, 8 - pupils at Wheatcroft School inHertford who are named after fast cars and Formula 1 drivers.

But Maxine was not convinced.

She said: "If it had just floated in the air I would agree that it was aballoon, but it plummeted at an incredible speed and stopped dead. Then itslowly floated up again.

About Me

A 39 year old man of the people.
Or is that short fat bloke with glasses.
Have been a balloon pilot since 1989 and have just a little over 2k hours in all sorts of things.
Have been very frightened during about 200 of those hours.